CAROLINAS TEAM WINS THE 29th VIRGINIAS-CAROLINAS
JUNIOR MATCHES
LYNCHBURG, Va. –– The eight-golfer Carolinas team
won four of the final five closing day singles matches to post a three-point victory
(9½-6½) against
their Virginias counterparts to claim
the 29th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches, which concluded today at Boonsboro
Country Club. One point was available per each match.
Carolinas led by a single point following opening day foursome
and four-ball encounters and outscored their opponents 5-3 in Sunday’s concluding
singles’ matches to triumph.
Carolinas claimed the Vinny Giles Trophy, notched its first win in the series
since 2006 and ended a three-match drought on Virginia soil. Carolinas last win at
Boonsboro came in 2003 in the event, which alternates between the
Lynchburg-based VSGA member club and sites in the Carolinas.
Virginias got off to a strong start by
winning two of the first three encounters to tie things up at five and a half
points apiece as Ryan Mondy (Blacksburg,
Va.) and Trey Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.)
each posted wins. Mondy defeated Will Thomas (Cary N.C.), 3 and 1,
while Smith ousted Austin Langdale (Townville, S.C.),
5 and 4. For Carolinas, Stanhope Johnson Jr. (Greensboro,
N.C.), this summer’s North Carolina
Junior Boys’ champion,
posted the team’s only victory in the first three encounters, besting central
Virginian Christopher Kapsak (Richmond), 2 up.
Thereafter, Carolinas
recorded event-deciding victories, scoring three straight wins in matches 4-6.
For Carolinas in that stretch, reigning South Carolina Junior Match Play
champion Carson Young (Pendleton, S.C.) defeated Alex Lloyd (Virginia Beach, Va.)
4 and 3. Thereafter, Will Long (Gastonia, N.C.), the 2011 Carolinas Junior winner, notched a 3 and
2 victory over John David Sanderson (Suffolk,
Va.) in the ensuing match. Then,
in a matchup of U.S. Junior participants from this summer, national
championship quarterfinalist Will Starke (Chapin,
S.C.) got past event semifinalist Adam Ball (Richmond, Va.), 2 and 1
to complete the surge of victories for Carolinas.
Blacksburg’s Jake Mondy,
the two-time reigning Virginia State Golf Association Junior Stroke Play
victor, ended the winless span for Virginias,
registering a 3 and 2 victory over Andrew Decker (Greenville, N.C.)
in match seven. Mondy, who is headed to Auburn University
on a golf scholarship later this month, was participating in the event for the
final time before passing the age eligibility limit.
Last
week’s Junior PGA champion, Cody Proveaux (Leesville, S.C.), bound
for Clemson University
to start his college career in a few weeks, closed things out in his final start in the matches, posting
a 3 and 2 victory over Woody
Woodward (Bridgeport, W.Va.).
Starke, South
Carolina’s Class 3A Most Valuable Player, and Johnson both went undefeated over the weekend’s
play, supplying a team-leading three points. Starke has already committed to play at the University of South Carolina in the fall of 2012.
For Virginias, Mondy,
Smith and Woodward, the reigning West Virginia Golf Association Junior Match
Play champion, paced the squad with two points in this year’s matches.
Carolinas leads the all-time series
15-13-1, but Virginias
holds a 5-2-1 advantage in the annual renewal of the matches dating back to
2004.
LYNCHBURG, Va. –– Results from final day singles matches at the 29th Virginias-Carolinas
Junior Matches at Boonsboro Country Club on Sunday, Aug. 14.
Ryan Mondy (Blacksburg,
Va.) def. Will Thomas (Cary N.C.), 3 and 1;
Stanhope Johnson Jr. (Greensboro, N.C.) def. Christopher Kapsak
(Richmond, Va.), 2 up; Trey Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.) def. Austin Langdale (Townville, S.C.), 5 and 4; Carson Young
(Pendleton, S.C.) def. Alex Lloyd (Virginia Beach, Va.) 4 and 3; Will Long
(Gastonia, N.C.) def. John David Sanderson (Suffolk, Va.), 3 and 2; Will Starke
(Chapin, S.C.) def. Adam Ball (Richmond, Va.), 2 and 1; Jake Mondy (Blacksburg, Va.) def. Andrew Decker (Greenville,
N.C.), 3 and 2; Cody Proveaux (Leesville, S.C.) def.
Woody Woodward (Bridgeport, W.Va.), 3 and 2
Carolinas won final
day singles matches, 5-3
Carolinas wins the
29th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches, 9½-6½
Story written by Andrew Blair with the Virginia State Golf Associationn
